Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Clifton Reed Jr., 27, of Ladson is charged with criminal solicitation of a minor. Investigators say Reed met the teen at a church function last year and over the course of two months tried to convince her to have sex with him, an affidavit states. Charleston police handled the case because the girl lives in the city.

A relative of the girl gave police a copy of a message sent through the MySpace social-networking Internet site in which the man asked the girl to kiss him and take a shower with him, a report says. The affidavit says he called the girl on the phone as well.